Improvement in fin-cushions



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LEWIS J. ATWOOD, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

Lette/rs Patent No..83,819, dated November l0, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIN-CUSHIONS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent ami making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lnwrs J. Afrwoon, of W atten bury, in the county ofNew Hz ven, 'and State of Councoticnt, have invented, made, and appliedto usc, n certnin new und useful Improvement in Pin-Cushions; :ind I dohereby declare the following to be n full, clean', and exact descriptionof the seid invention, reference being 11nd to the annexed drawing,makingl part of thisV specification, wherein- Figure l is :t side viewof sziid cushion, und

Figure 2 is :t section of said cushion.

Similar marks of reference denote the sume parts.

Pin-cushions hir-ve been inode with covered-paper sides, :ind :iinetnilic rim perihrnted for the pinsto be passed through; :ind circulerand polygonal cushions have been runde with u, covering of wovenmaterial, sewed together around the edges.

rlhe nature of my sztid invention consists inst pin cushion, formed of ndisk or ring of fibrous materiel, confined between two metallic disks,that :tre held together by rivets or siniilzul nietzt'llic connections,so that zt \-'crystrong, nent, cheap, and durar-ble pin-cushionisforined, und one in which the sheet-metal disks may be used :is nnadvertising-n1ediuxn, by stnmping upon them the desired name or address.

In the drawing, a al are sheet-metal disks, stamped up with concave orring-shaped grooves around said disks, near their edges, so that acirculer opening shall be left around between the disks when they areset together, ns at b b, fig. 2, :tud into this a. coil of brousmateriel, or a. ring of: felt, or similar material, d, is luid andsecurely confined.

The two disks are secured together by an cyelet, rivet, or similarfastening. I have shown a rivet, c.

Through the ring cl the pins are stuck, the bodyparts passing downbetween the disks a a, and if the pins are too long to go in straight,they can be stuck slightly inclined, so as to pass atthe side oftherivet c.

The surihce of the disk or disks is formed with names, numbers, or otherdevices, to indicate the bus'mcss, address, or nume, that it is vdesiredto advertise or make known by means of the distribution of suchcushions.

W'hut I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Putent ispin-cushion,formed of :t ring o1" disk of Vfibrous materia-l, confined between twometallic plates that are connected together by rivets or other metallicconnections, es set forth.

' In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my signature, this 1st d. y ofMuy, 1868.

' L.' J. ATWOGD.

Witnesses:

J osEPH A. BURMELL, ROBERT Mnv'rin.

